The life and morals of a spiritual man are in themselves an education to others. Let your thoughts, words and actions bring life to those around you. Do not think of your own limitations, dream only of the welfare of the Kingdom of Abha. See the influence of Jesus Christ among His apostles, then consider their influence on others. These simple men were helped by the Power of the Holy Spirit. So may you receive the Divine Assistance. Our capabilities are limited, but the help of the Kingdom of Abha is limitless. The earth of itself has no properties of life, but it is fertilized by the sun and the rain. The earth must not consider its own limited power. Likewise may you be given life, may the rain of the Divine Mercy and the sun of Truth make your gardens fruitful, so that many beautiful flowers of exquisite fragrance and hue may blossom there in abundance.
Turn your minds away from your own forces, your own selves, and make your souls ready to receive, to overflowing, the Divine Power of the Spirit and the blessings of the Infinite Bounty. If you thus keep yourselves in readiness, you will become to the world of humanity a burning flame, a star of guidance, a fruitful tree. I pray that you may receive the blessings of the Holy Spirit. This is my counsel to you.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Discourses given by ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London and Paris’; Star of the West, vol. 3, no. 2, April 9, 1912)